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 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SEADOGS, PYRATES CONFRATERNITY PRESS RELEASE! Ethical Deficit, Corruption and the Challenges of Nation Building in 21st Century Nigeria   No nation can survive without strong moral and ethical foundation. Correspondingly, a nation devoid of morals and strong code of ethics is a nation without a soul. In plain speak; such a nation is without identity and can never take a pride of place in the comity of nations. Morality and ethical behaviour may seem utopic and aspirational, but those two time-honoured concepts are the transitory and transactional basis and grounding for patriotism. Our laws, mores and…

Nigerian community  Germany:  STATE OF THE UNION “Why then is it that the same issues highlighted in 2009 are still the problems of Nigerian Community Germany four years later ? Any honest look into the foregoing minutes would present an organization that is though on cross-roads at the time but with potentials for growth” Without resorting to the gauging of facts, it has become apposite to look into the absolute need for a quick over-haul of the Nigerian community in Germany. This newspaper would engage in a walk through memory lane of the regime of the present national executives…

Mission Accomplished: Nigerian Community Germany e.V Hamburg Branch General Election The new members of the executive : Jude Festus Ogunnaya (Chairman), Rosemary Okafor (Vice Chair Lady ),  Lawrence Eboh (Secretary General), M.O. Banjo (Assistant Secretary General), Stanley Philips (Financial Secretary),  Rufus Okafor (Social Secretary), Shakiru Are (Treasure) Olugbenga Adewale Adegboyega (Provost) and Jacob Ifada (Public Relation Officer) During the general meeting of the Nigerian Community Germany Hamburg held on the 20th October 2012, the general Assembly adhering to the principles of most democratic  institutions voted Hon. Kenneth Gbnadi with a resounding majority as the returning officer  in line with the…

  Deutschland schickt sich an, einen historischen Schritt in die Zukunft zu machen Deutschland schickt sich an, einen historischen Schritt in die Zukunft zu machen. Nicht mit Daimler Benz, BMW, Audi oder VW, auch nicht mit Hochgeschwindigkeitszügen oder atemberaubenden technologischen Fortschritten; vielmehr unternimmt Deutschland einen historischen Schritt im Bereich der sozialen, kulturellen und politischen Integration von Afrikanern und Immigranten in eines der höchsten Organe der Bundesrepublick, dem Deutschen Bundestag. Man muss kein Apostel einer politischen Partei oder an Politik interessiert sein, um das Ausmaß davon zu begreifen, was gerade passiert. Erstmals in der Geschichte Deutschland seit Menschengedenken wird schickt sich…

  “This journey will be brought to a successful, spectacle and a logical conclusion with the election of Dr. Karamba Diaby into the German Bundestag 2013” Germany is about to make a historic leap into the future. Not with Daimler Benz, BMW, Audi or VW nor with high speed trains and breathtaking technological breakthroughs, but a historic step in the areas of social, cultural and political integration of Africans and indeed immigrants at one of the highest organ of the Federal Republic of Germany, “The Bundestag”. You do not need to be an apostle of any political party or…

Meet the ACF Community Service  Award (Auszeichnung)  2013 Recipients ACF, an advisory forum for the African community in Hamburg, was launched to articulate the needs of the African community in Hamburg and to formulate, promote self-help projects and initiatives, as well as act as the multicultural platform for peaceful coexistence among all migrant groups in the Hanseatic city of Hamburg.  On Saturday the 25th May 2013, the institution is celebrating its one year anniversary and the African Day 2013 in Hamburg to report to the community of their achievements in the last one year. Further activities lined up for the…

African Community  Meets Business, Education and Politic at One Year Jubiläum of African Consultative Forum (ACF) and Afrika Tag 2013 Hamburg The one-year anniversary of the African Consultative Forum (ACF) and the Africa Day 2013 celebration in Hamburg has come and gone. The memories lingers. The weather reminded all of us that we are still in Germany, blessing the whole day with a down pour and the Classic champion’s league Final fever could be felt with the average turn out. In spite of that we managed to bring in the sun shine and positive African Energy to the event. ACF,…

Nigerians in Germany Congress (NIGC) 2010: Three Years After!   African Heritage – HiBC Germany in collaboration with the Nigerian community Hamburg e.V., organized the first Nigerians in Germany Congress (NIGC), which took place on the 19th of June 2010, at Rosen Garden Hamburg. The congress was designed to help stimulate ideas and interests through debates and intellectual interactions, on how best to revive the Nigerian Diaspora group in Germany economically, socially, professionally and politically.   Mr. A. L. Ayodele, Charge de Affairs /Minister Commerce, Embassy of Nigerian Berlin gave the key note address. He challenged Nigerians in Germany to…

PRESS RELEASE:  As We All Celebrate Africa Day 2013 in Hamburg As we all celebrate “Africa Day” 2013 in Hamburg in commemorating the founding of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) now Africa Union (AU) this week, I wish to in my capacity as a Representative “Afrika Region” Hamburg Senate Integration Advisory council (Vertreter der Afrika-Region im Integrationsbeirat, Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg) and also in my capacity as the speaker for Anti-discrimination congratulate the African Community in Hamburg for another mile stone. Also as the speaker of the African Consultative Forum (AFC) Hamburg, a non ethnic, non religion African…

15 Jahre AFRICA POSITIVE Magazin und Verein   Der von der gebürtigen Kamerunerin Veye Tatah 1998 gegründete Verein AFRICA POSITIVE hat sich in den vergangenen 15 Jahren zu einer Dortmunder Institution entwickelt, die durch ihr außergewöhnliches soziales Engagement bundesweit Aufmerksamkeit und Anerkennung erfahren hat. Zu den Schwerpunkten der Vereinstätigkeit gehören sowohl Aufklärung und  Medienarbeit als auch Bildungs- und Integrationsarbeit für Kinder, Jugendliche und Erwachsene. Seit Jahren leistet der Verein vorbildliche Integrations- und Bildungsarbeit auf rein ehrenamtlicher Basis. AFRICA POSITIVE ist Anlaufstelle für afrikanische Migranten in Dortmund und unterstützt ihre Anstrengungen, in der deutschen  Gesellschaft Fuß zu fassen und ihnen…